Ahmad Darkhabani (b. Damascus, Syria) lives and works in Graz, Austria. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in architecture at Graz University of Technology after finishing his diploma at Damascus University in 2017.
Darkhabani works as a producer of contemporary art exhibitions at Grazer Kunstverein. In addition he is conducting research that examines the exhibition as a mode of representation while investigating politics of display. This implies describing and understanding the dynamics and interrelations in which particular factors engage with each other and exert influence on the production of the final exhibition.
His current focus is on the mutual impact and intersection between exhibition making and architecture. Through direct engagement and close observation of the ways bodies gather and move in space, Darkhabani constructs an understanding of the interactive relation between bodies and exhibition spaces while considering intangible aspects that frame this interaction such as perception and artistic presentation.
Ahmad Darkhabani has participated in numerous exhibitions and projects including: Which are our Silent Universities? – Unlearning Classroom exhibition at HDA-Haus der Architektur and IZK-Institute for Contemporary Art, Graz 2018, Venice Design Biennial with amm-architektInnen machen möbel, Venice 2018, Grazer Kunstverein moves to an in-between space workshop, Graz 2021, and The Stories We Tell Ourselves publication with Kunstverein München, Munich 2021.
Image 1: ‘A Colonial Fantasy’, 2020. Video still, Those Who Define How We See Art, Possess the Power.
Image 2: ‘Three Blue Houses’, 2021. A research-based illustration of the blue houses located at the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) between North Korea and South Korea.
Image 3: ‘A Government’s Persona’, 2020. Video still, Those Who Define How We See Art, Possess the Power.
Image 4: ‘Terror’, 2020. Video still, virtual theater play on Minecraft, Terror.
